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Top Medical Schools in 2015

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**Click here to view the top medical schools in the world in 2017, based on the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2017.**

If you’re a prospective medical student, you might be wondering where, out of the thousands of medical schools on the planet, you should study. If you’re aiming for one of the world’s highest-reputed medical universities, check out the latest QS University Rankings by Subject, extended this year to feature 400 of the world’s top medical schools.

The ranking is compiled based on global surveys of academics and employers, alongside data on research citations (find out more here). See below for an overview of the world’s leading medical departments, based on the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2015.

Top 10 Medical Schools in the World based on the QS World University Rankings 2015

Top medical schools in the US & Canada

Home to 16 of the world’s top 400 medical departments, Canada is well-represented in the ranking. Four Canadian universities are featured within the top 50: the University of Toronto (13= for medicine; 20th in the QS World University Rankings® 2014/15), McGill University (22= for medicine; 21st in the world rankings), the University of British Colombia (26th for medicine; 43rd in the world rankings) and McMaster University (33= for medicine; 113th in the world rankings).

As you might imagine, the US lays claim to a particularly large number of the world’s leading medical schools, with 78 institutions featured among the top 400. Aside from six spots in the top 10, including Harvard University in first position, the US has a further 15 schools in the top 50. All ranked among the top 20 are: the University of Pennsylvania (13th in the world rankings), Duke University (25th in the world rankings), Columbia University (14th in the world rankings), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT, 1st in the world rankings) and the University of Washington (65th in the world rankings).

For more information on studying in North America, see our regional guide.

Both France and Spain also offer a good selection of top medical universities, with 10 and 12 entries in the medical school ranking respectively. The highest-ranked of these is Spain’s Universitat de Barcelona (UB, 166th in the world rankings), which features within the top 50.

Belgium and Sweden each have seven schools featured. KU Leuven (51-100 for medicine; 82nd in the world rankings) is Belgium’s top offering, while the Karolinska Institute (9=) is Sweden’s. Sweden’s Lund University (60th in the world rankings) and Uppsala University (81st in the world rankings) are also ranked among the top 100 for medicine.

Another four entries each are claimed by Portugal, Greece, Hungary and Norway. Among these nations, the highest positions go to Norway’s University of Oslo (101st in the world rankings) and Hungary’s Semmelweis University – both within the world’s top 150 medical universities.

Top medical schools in Latin America

With nine schools featured, Brazil is the best-performing country in Latin America in this medical school ranking. The Universidade de São Paulo (USP, 132nd in the world rankings) is the nation’s highest-ranked medical school, among the world’s top 150.

Turkey claims three of the world’s top medical universities, of which the highest-ranked is Istanbul University (601-650 in the world rankings). Saudi Arabia and Iran each have one entrant; King Saud University (KSU, 301-400 for medicine; 249th in the world rankings) and Tehran University of Medical Sciences (201-250 for medicine; not featured in the world rankings).

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Laura is a former staff writer for TopUniversities.com, providing advice and guidance for students on a range of topics helping them to choose where to study, get admitted and find funding and scholarships. A graduate of Queen Mary University of London, Laura also blogs about student life.